The Chapel

The Chapel is a former Congregational Sunday School dating from 1873, which was later converted into a dwelling in the late 20th century. The conversion incorporated walling from the original chapel and includes a grave marker.

The building is constructed of rubble with ashlar dressings. The west elevation is faced with artificial slates, while the east elevation is rendered. The roof is covered in slate.

The building is rectangular with a gabled roof. The west wall is the original side wall of the former adjacent chapel. An attic storey is accessed by stairs located towards the rear (north) of the building, separating the former school room from the kitchen. The attic floor has been subdivided to provide living accommodation.

The façade features a central doorway with a two-centred arch and a plaque above. The plaque reads: "INDEPENDENT SUNDAY SCHOOL / FOUNDATION STONE / LAID BY / MRS NORRINGTON / JUNE 24TH 1873.” Two-centred arch windows with eared architraves and Y-tracery are positioned on either side of the door. A circular opening is present in the gable at attic floor level. The west flank has a modern door to the left; a chapel window in the center is obscured by modern translucent tiles. The east flank has two two-centred arch windows on the ground floor and modern dormers breaking through the eaves above. To the right is a modern door and casement with a horned timber sash above.

The main entrance leads into a lobby with an inserted matchboarded cloakroom and a door to the principal ground-floor room, which has pine floorboards. A marble wall monument commemorating John Norrington of Barnstaple is fixed to the west wall. A modern woodburner with a brick-arched opening has been inserted into the east wall. A rear door leads to a small, stone-flagged lobby providing access to the stairs and kitchen, the latter having a late 19th-century door with a fanlight. A timber balustrade is located at the top of the stairs, and there are further examples of late 19th-century joinery in some rooms and cupboards. The first-floor structure and floorboards date from the 19th century.

The garden wall to the west is the truncated remains of the former chapel on the site. A child's grave is located in the south-west corner of the building’s forecourt. A boundary wall dating from the 19th century stands forward of the south-east corner of the former Sunday school. The site has Group Value.